Grafton Underwood, England (Station 106) 1943-1945
Combat History of the 384th Bombardment Group (Heavy) in WWII
384th Bombardment Group (Heavy)
"Keep The Show On The Road"
| Serial Number: | 44-8211 |
| Name: | Not Known |
| Manufacturer: | Built by the Vega Aircraft Corporation, a subsidiary of Lockheed Corporation, B-17G-55-VE, Natural Metal Finish |
| Squadron: | 546th Bombardment Squadron (H) |
| Squadron ID Code: | 546th‑BK*Z |
| Ground Crew Chiefs: |
Foster, Ewing H Stachon, John Joseph Slotwinski, Ted Frank |
| Start Date: | 30 September 1944. New Replacement AC. |
| Missions: | This aircraft was credited with 54 combat missions with the 384th. |
| End Date: | 9 May 1945. Transferred. |
| Photo Album: | Aircraft 44-8211 Photo Album⇗ |
| History: | 44-8211 Del Dallas 11/7/44; Langley 9/8/44; Dow Fd 18/9/44; Ass 546BS/384BG [BK-Z] Grafton Underwood 30/9/44; tran 365BS/305BG Chelveston 9/5/45; w/Gaylord Booth in taxi accident at Schweinfurt A/fd, Germany 20/6/45; Sal. |
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| Number | Date | Target | Results | Mission/Sortie Information |
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| 204⇗ | 3 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 206⇗ | 6 October 1944 | Target: M/T Factory Type: Industry Location: Stettin / Szczecin, Poland | Completed Mission | D group lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 207⇗ | 7 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Leipzig, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 208⇗ | 9 October 1944 | Target: Ball-Bearing Plant Type: Bearings Industry Location: Schweinfurt, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 209⇗ | 11 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Wesseling, Germany | Completed Mission | Fourth Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 216⇗ | 30 October 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 217⇗ | 1 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Division lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 219⇗ | 4 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; high Squadron deputy. Took lead for 1st bomb run - Gee-H equipment failed. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 221⇗ | 6 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bottrop (Welheim), Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 224⇗ | 10 November 1944 | Target: Ostheim Airfield & Butzweilerhof Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group, Gee-H aircraft; flew with 381st BG; remaining crew positions filled by non-384th personnel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 226⇗ | 16 November 1944 | Target: Tactical - Artillery Positions Type: Military Location: Eschweiler, Germany | Completed Mission | PFF & Gee-H ship; lead Squadron lead, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Landed away at RAF Tilstock, Shropshire, due to weather. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 227⇗ | 20 November 1944 | Target: Buer Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | Gee-H ship; lead Squadron deputy, 41st Bomb Wing D group. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 228⇗ | 23 November 1944 | Target: Nordstern Coking Plant at Gelsenkirchener Bergwerks-A.G. Type: Oil Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Completed Mission | A group lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 230⇗ | 26 November 1944 | Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Altenbeken, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 232⇗ | 29 November 1944 | Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 233⇗ | 30 November 1944 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 235⇗ | 4 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Soest, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at Boxted due to low fuel. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 238⇗ | 11 December 1944 | Target: Road & Rail Bridge Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead, B Group. PFF & Gee-H ship. Released bombs on group leader. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 241⇗ | 19 December 1944 | Target: Railway Junction Type: Transportation Location: Glaadt, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Fairwood Common near Swansea, Wales. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 242⇗ | 23 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ehrang, Germany | Completed Mission | Landed away at Horham due to weather. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 243⇗ | 24 December 1944 | Target: Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Kirch Göns, Germany | Completed Mission | 13F Squadron. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 245⇗ | 28 December 1944 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Brühl, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Led group formation attack with all Squadrons dropping on leader, using Gee-H aiming. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 250⇗ | 3 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point & Transportation Hub Type: Military Location: St Vith, Belgium | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 252⇗ | 7 January 1945 | Target: Enemy Strong Point Type: Military Location: Blankenheim, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 255⇗ | 15 January 1945 | Target: Neuburg Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Neuburg an der Donau, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 256⇗ | 17 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Viaduct Type: Transportation Location: Bielefeld, Germany | Completed Mission | Division lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. PFF started acting up during assembly, so the air commander ordered the low Squadron lead (PFF-equipped) to move up and fly as his deputy. At the IP, the Gee-H equipment was unusable, so lead was turned over to the deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 257⇗ | 20 January 1945 | Target: Rail and Road Bridges Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Group lead; PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed away at RAF Warboys, Huntingdonshire (now Cambridgeshire). Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 260⇗ | 23 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Neuss, Germany | Aborted Mission After Taking Off. | Group lead. Turned back over field due to mechanical failure. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 261⇗ | 28 January 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Cologne / Köln, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 401st BG, with Gee-H navigator. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 263⇗ | 1 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Mannheim, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 264⇗ | 3 February 1945 | Target: Tempelhof Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany | Scrubbed: Did Not Take Off | Replaced by Ground Spare Aircraft 44‑8008. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 7 February 1945 | Essen/Bottrop, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | LdSq Deputy Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 265⇗ | 9 February 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Lützkendorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Wing deputy; PFF ship. Non-384th passenger on this aircraft is listed as 'FO [formation observer?] JOHNSTON, ARCHIE B., 1st Lt.' He is assumed to be from Wing HQ. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 17 February 1945 | Mannheim, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | LdSq Deputy Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 268⇗ | 19 February 1945 | Target: Coking Plant Type: Industry Location: Gelsenkirchen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 271⇗ | 22 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Ülzen, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 272⇗ | 23 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Plauen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 274⇗ | 25 February 1945 | Target: Tank & Submarine Engine Factory Type: Industry Location: Friedrichshafen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 275⇗ | 26 February 1945 | Target: Schlesicher Railroad Station (Bahnhof) Type: Transportation Location: Berlin, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy; PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 276⇗ | 27 February 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Wahren (Leipzig area), Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 278⇗ | 1 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Bruchsal, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 305th BG for today's mission. Manned by 305th personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 280⇗ | 3 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Misburg, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 281⇗ | 4 March 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Type: Military Location: Ulm, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 282⇗ | 7 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery Type: Oil Industry Location: Bochum, Germany | Completed Mission | Low Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 283⇗ | 8 March 1945 | Target: Oil Refinery - 'Benzol Plant' Type: Oil Industry Location: Essen, Germany | Completed Mission | Loaned to the 306th BG for today's mission. Manned by 306th BG personnel, except as noted on the Sortie Report. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 284⇗ | 9 March 1945 | Target: Henschel Tank and Locomotive Works Type: Industry Location: Kassel, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy and lead Squadron hot camera ship; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 285⇗ | 10 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Schwerte, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 286⇗ | 11 March 1945 | Target: Vacuum Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead; PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 287⇗ | 12 March 1945 | Target: Railway Center Type: Transportation Location: Betzdorf, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship; PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 288⇗ | 14 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Bridge, Weser River Type: Transportation Location: Bad Oeynhausen, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 292⇗ | 19 March 1945 | Target: Braunkohle-Benzin Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Bohlen, Germany | Completed Mission | 41C Group, Low Squadron Lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 293⇗ | 20 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Werft Submarine Shipyard Type: Submarine Facility Location: Hamburg, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 294⇗ | 22 March 1945 | Target: German Hutted Camps (Barracks) at 51°36'N,7°06'E Type: Military Location: Westerholt, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 295⇗ | 23 March 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Gladbeck, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF and Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 296⇗ | 24 March 1945 | Target: Vechta Airfield Type: German Air Force (Luftwaffe) Location: Vechta, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H aircraft. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 25 March 1945 | Lutzkendorf, Germany, RECALLED | Mission Recalled | Capt. Chmura LSqLd Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 298⇗ | 26 March 1945 | Target: Synthetic Oil Plant Type: Oil Industry Location: Zeitz, Germany | Flight Completed | Weather aircraft; remainder of crew (CP, N, RO, Eng) not identified Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 299⇗ | 28 March 1945 | Target: Berlin/Spandau Motor Transport Works Type: Industry Location: Spandau (Berlin), Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 300⇗ | 30 March 1945 | Target: Deutsche Schiff- u. Maschinenbau A.G. (DESCHIMAG)
Submarine and Warship Yard Machine Shop Type: Submarine Facility Location: Bremen, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 305⇗ | 6 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards (Visual Primary) Type: Transportation Location: Leipzig, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 306⇗ | 7 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Plant Type: Military Location: Hitzacker, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 308⇗ | 10 April 1945 | Target: Ordnance Depot Workshop Area Type: Military Location: Oranienburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 309⇗ | 11 April 1945 | Target: Underground Oil Storage Depot Type: Oil Industry Location: Freiham, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 310⇗ | 14 April 1945 | Target: Gun Battery Type: Military Location: Royan (Bordeaux), France | Completed Mission | Capt. Laboda, High Squadron Lead Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 311⇗ | 15 April 1945 | Target: Flak guns at Pointe de Suzac Type: Military Location: Royan, France | Completed Mission | Group deputy and hot camera ship. PFF ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 312⇗ | 16 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Regensburg, Germany | Completed Mission | Group deputy. PFF ship. Hot camera ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 313⇗ | 17 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Dresden, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 314⇗ | 19 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Station & Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Elsterwerda, Germany | Ground Spare Aircraft, Unused | |
| 315⇗ | 20 April 1945 | Target: Railroad Marshalling Yards Type: Transportation Location: Seddin, Germany | Completed Mission | High Squadron Lead. PFF & Gee-H ship. Sortie Report ⇗ |
| -- | 23 April 1945 | Training (Non-Combat) | Flight Completed | LSq Deputy Sortie Report ⇗ |
| 316⇗ | 25 April 1945 | Target: Skoda Armament Works Type: Industry Location: Pilsen / Plzeň, Czechoslovakia | Completed Mission | Group Deputy and Hot Camera ship. PFF & Gee-H ship. Landed with a flat tire; ran off landing runway onto runway 30. Sortie Report ⇗ |